As temperatures hovered between 22 and 27 degrees, 17 brave men and 5 bravewomen of the 69th Pa faced the cold and marched in the Philadelphia SaintPatrick's Day Parade on Sunday March 12. The new parade route of 17 blockstook the valiant members of the "Irish Volunteers" from City Hall to IndependenceHall to The Irish Memorial on the Delaware River. This year our regimental and National flags led the parade as we marched in the first brigade.